Community Report: Emmaus Flag Day To Unfold On Sunday

COMMUNITY REPORT: EMMAUS

The residents of Emmaus are invited to join Mayor Robert Bastian at the annual Emmaus Flag Day observance which will begin in Community Park at 6:55 p.m. Sunday.

Emmaus residents will join Americans nationwide in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag at 7 p.m. in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Myron Yoder, the Pennsylvania Junior Achievement Educator of the Year for the Lehigh Valley in 1990 and for Pennsylvania in 1991, will deliver the Flag Day address. Yoder, an Emmaus resident, is a teacher in the Allentown School District.

Music will be provided by the Emmaus Chorale. Winners from the "What The American Flag Means to Me" essay and poetry contest will be honored. Contest entries were submitted by students of East Penn and St. Ann's schools.

The observance is co-sponsored by the Special Entertainment Committee of the borough and the Emmaus Flag Day Association.

More than 125 members and guests of the Emmaus Flag Day Association attended the annual banquet June 6 at the Emmaus Veterans of Foreign Wars home.

The highlight was the announcement of winners of the annual poetry and essay contests. Th contest theme was "What the American Flag Means to Me."

Koltisko replaces Warren Moyer who served as president since 1975. Moyer was commended for his outstanding leadership.

The Veterans Committee is made up of members from the three veterans organizations: the Claude E. Fischer Post 7088 Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Charles Henry Schaeffer Post 191 American Legion, and the Stephen J. Toth Post 1067 Catholic War Veterans.

The committee expressed its thanks to all who participated in the Memorial Day parade and services, especially Mayor Robert Bastian and Emmaus police, fire and ambulance personnel for their assistance.

Joe Steele and Kathy Lynn and The Steelers has been rescheduled to 3 p.m. Sunday at Emmaus Community Park. The show, which includes Susan and Robert Schaller, country and western demonstration dancers, is part of the Emmaus Summer Concert Series.

The Emmaus Garden Club recently installed new officers at its annual luncheon meeting.

Lucie Laudenslager introduced Charlotte Walker of Macungie, the recipient of the Eva Butz Scholarship award of $1,000. Walker plans to attend Delaware Valley College of Agriculture.

First-place winner for the year in artistic design went to Elaine Klase, and second place went to Arlene Miller. In the horticulture category, first place went to Marge Neitz, and second place went to Arlene Miller.

Robert Serretti, who will be a senior at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., has been chosen to be a resident adviser for Caron-Hollis Hall.

Serretti, the son of Raymond and

Arlene Serretti of Emmaus, is a graduate of Emmaus High School. He is a finance major.

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